Asalammualaikum sir... it's been a long time since i posted the last blog.. this blog would be the final blog for me..Before i begin, i really hope that you will have a great time working at the new place and of course, new surroundings and officemates..
What am i going to say about this subject that u have taught us since the beginning of the semester? Well, it can be said that this subject - Critical literacy is really helping in finding the exact informations from articles. The 10 areas that we need to search critically give me a clear idea on what is the article about.
Furthermore, this subject generates and stimulates my thoughts and opinions to be more critical and creative. This is because, i can apply and enhance my critical thinking by completing each assignment. At the beginning, I was quite confused to find and elaborate the ten areas as the articles just give the information at the surface only. However, with your brief explanations and a lot of practice about these ten areas, i finally understand the way to find them.
Overall. this subject is well organized and the syllabus is relevant. thank you for everything and hope to see you again one more day..
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008
Title: Please let me go to your school
Title: Please let me go to your school
A’kum sir. I am so sorry for being late in posting this blog. There are some problems in surfing the net. As you can remember we had discussed this topic in the class.
Okay, back to the business. In this unit, I have learnt haw does the writer construct the participants in the text and how is the reader is constructed. As the time passes by, I started to understand how to do the assignment. Before this, I really had a big problem in doing the positioning. I couldn’t think critically but when it comes to the third article, it become clearer in writing the positioning.
I really enjoy in reading this kind of text because it really gives me some information’s about the discrimination on children with disabilities. In my point of view, this shouldn’t happen because they also have the rights to further their study. There are mentally perfect but are not physically perfect. They mustn’t be discriminated because of that. This text doesn’t has any difficult concepts and understandable because it is straight forward. However, I’m still trying hard in writing a good positioning for the next coming assignment. That’s all for now..
A’kum sir. I am so sorry for being late in posting this blog. There are some problems in surfing the net. As you can remember we had discussed this topic in the class.
Okay, back to the business. In this unit, I have learnt haw does the writer construct the participants in the text and how is the reader is constructed. As the time passes by, I started to understand how to do the assignment. Before this, I really had a big problem in doing the positioning. I couldn’t think critically but when it comes to the third article, it become clearer in writing the positioning.
I really enjoy in reading this kind of text because it really gives me some information’s about the discrimination on children with disabilities. In my point of view, this shouldn’t happen because they also have the rights to further their study. There are mentally perfect but are not physically perfect. They mustn’t be discriminated because of that. This text doesn’t has any difficult concepts and understandable because it is straight forward. However, I’m still trying hard in writing a good positioning for the next coming assignment. That’s all for now..
Burning Out at Nine?
Burning Out at Nine?
A’kum.. hai sir, it’s me again.. I would like to share something with you about this topic. We had discussed this topic in the class and I’m really interested in this kind of question. This is the most interesting part as I can give my argument and evidence. This text is really understandable and straightforward. I can discover the perspective and positioning without taking much time.
Actually I do not agree with this situation. In my point of view, kids should not be abandoned with a lot of works. They are still too young to be busy and playing is the best way for them to explore the world. If this specialty is taken from them, they will not have the experience to be a kid. Parents always want the best for their children but this doesn’t mean that the children can not enjoy their life. A new study suggests that kids are overscheduled, overworked and running out of time for fun.
For me, kids will always be as kids. They have the feelings to play with the peers. At the early stage of childhood, I think it is enough for them to study only at school. There is no need for them to attend the tuition or additional classes. They need to have their leisure time to play and rest. All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. Child experts usually a divided bunch, agree that fun is good. An expert also said that play is the most powerful way as a child explores the world and learns about himself. This is because, unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the youngsters to negotiate their relationships with their peers. As for this topic, I had no problem with any terminology because it is short and straight forward. I think that is all about this topic... till we meet again another time... thank you..
A’kum.. hai sir, it’s me again.. I would like to share something with you about this topic. We had discussed this topic in the class and I’m really interested in this kind of question. This is the most interesting part as I can give my argument and evidence. This text is really understandable and straightforward. I can discover the perspective and positioning without taking much time.
Actually I do not agree with this situation. In my point of view, kids should not be abandoned with a lot of works. They are still too young to be busy and playing is the best way for them to explore the world. If this specialty is taken from them, they will not have the experience to be a kid. Parents always want the best for their children but this doesn’t mean that the children can not enjoy their life. A new study suggests that kids are overscheduled, overworked and running out of time for fun.
For me, kids will always be as kids. They have the feelings to play with the peers. At the early stage of childhood, I think it is enough for them to study only at school. There is no need for them to attend the tuition or additional classes. They need to have their leisure time to play and rest. All work and no play could make for some very messed-up kids. Child experts usually a divided bunch, agree that fun is good. An expert also said that play is the most powerful way as a child explores the world and learns about himself. This is because, unstructured play encourages independent thinking and allows the youngsters to negotiate their relationships with their peers. As for this topic, I had no problem with any terminology because it is short and straight forward. I think that is all about this topic... till we meet again another time... thank you..
A sketch of a possible linguistic approach to critical literacy.
A sketch of a possible linguistic approach to critical literacy.
A’kum sir Johari...It’s been a while since I posted the last blog. This blog is regarding the next text that is in Reading 3.3- A sketch of a possible linguistic approach to critical literacy. If u still remember, I was the one who presented this topic and because of that, I’m quite knowledgeable about this topic as I did a study before presenting this topic.
Actually this topic is to make people understand about a topic. The writer sees the role of a linguistic approach to literacy as making clear the technology of written text, how written language works and how can people use this knowledge to become critically literate. The writer selected relevant aspect of the texts such as genre, register and grammar to find out the ideology behind the text.
There are two types of text that is Text A and Text B and there are almost the same. Both texts are focusing on the people in business but the way they were written are different. Text A is a discussion essay as it presented both sides of issue. It has two stances. Text B is a report because it is more general. It uses nominalizations to make it more academic.
At first, it was really hard for me to understand this text but at last after the study and discussion had been done I can understand them well. This kind of knowledge is really important in order to make the ideological positioning. Furthermore, these infos can be used in texts analyzing. That’s all for now..thank you.. see u next time.. adios..
A’kum sir Johari...It’s been a while since I posted the last blog. This blog is regarding the next text that is in Reading 3.3- A sketch of a possible linguistic approach to critical literacy. If u still remember, I was the one who presented this topic and because of that, I’m quite knowledgeable about this topic as I did a study before presenting this topic.
Actually this topic is to make people understand about a topic. The writer sees the role of a linguistic approach to literacy as making clear the technology of written text, how written language works and how can people use this knowledge to become critically literate. The writer selected relevant aspect of the texts such as genre, register and grammar to find out the ideology behind the text.
There are two types of text that is Text A and Text B and there are almost the same. Both texts are focusing on the people in business but the way they were written are different. Text A is a discussion essay as it presented both sides of issue. It has two stances. Text B is a report because it is more general. It uses nominalizations to make it more academic.
At first, it was really hard for me to understand this text but at last after the study and discussion had been done I can understand them well. This kind of knowledge is really important in order to make the ideological positioning. Furthermore, these infos can be used in texts analyzing. That’s all for now..thank you.. see u next time.. adios..
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
A’kum. It’s been a week since I wrote the first blog...Well, nothing much to say...hehe..
As the days passed, and the CL class went on I slowly understand about the course which is fundamental to understanding how to read and write academic purposes. I realized that this course isn’t that difficult as it explains how the texts are constructed and how readers are positioned to understand the texts. I have learned the particular aspect of CL such as perspective, positioning, argument and audience. In this particular week, we have discussed the Reading 1.1 entitled “Convicted Killer”. We were asked to read through the text and had to find the answers based on the headings. There were ten headings that need to be answered such as topic, content, source, audience, rhetorical function, purpose, perspective, positioning, impact and visual literacy. We learned how to find the answers from the texts given and how to write the answers.
The most interesting part was when we had to present our part in front of the whole class. I had to present the source. It was fun because I can know whether my answers were right or not. We received the comment from Mr. Joe as soon as the presentation ended and there was a two ways of communication between the students and lecturer. The reading was also interesting as it revealed the true story about a convicted killer that had been released because of the mercy from the King of Saudi Arabia.
However, there were some concepts in this chapter that difficult to understand. I’m still blur about how to write those three elements; perspective, positioning and impact. It was hard to understand because I haven’t learned them before and this was the first time. I hope that there will be no problem anymore as the class passes by. That’s all for now. Will be writing soon... thanks.
As the days passed, and the CL class went on I slowly understand about the course which is fundamental to understanding how to read and write academic purposes. I realized that this course isn’t that difficult as it explains how the texts are constructed and how readers are positioned to understand the texts. I have learned the particular aspect of CL such as perspective, positioning, argument and audience. In this particular week, we have discussed the Reading 1.1 entitled “Convicted Killer”. We were asked to read through the text and had to find the answers based on the headings. There were ten headings that need to be answered such as topic, content, source, audience, rhetorical function, purpose, perspective, positioning, impact and visual literacy. We learned how to find the answers from the texts given and how to write the answers.
The most interesting part was when we had to present our part in front of the whole class. I had to present the source. It was fun because I can know whether my answers were right or not. We received the comment from Mr. Joe as soon as the presentation ended and there was a two ways of communication between the students and lecturer. The reading was also interesting as it revealed the true story about a convicted killer that had been released because of the mercy from the King of Saudi Arabia.
However, there were some concepts in this chapter that difficult to understand. I’m still blur about how to write those three elements; perspective, positioning and impact. It was hard to understand because I haven’t learned them before and this was the first time. I hope that there will be no problem anymore as the class passes by. That’s all for now. Will be writing soon... thanks.
Saturday, January 26, 2008
introduction..
a'kum..to all my beloved friends..and all da viewers..
firstly, i would like to introduce myself a little bit.. my name is Siti Nursyahirah binti Azmi..im in Decom 4D..actually, this blog is one of the requirement to pass in Critical Literacy subject..eventhough it is one of the academical needs but this blog isn't too formal..back to myself k..
of course i wud like to think dat im wonderful and naturally, i wud like others to see me as wonderful too. but i wud b kiddin myself and i certainly dun think anyone else wud b fooled very long. alrighty then....im not dat wonderful!~ so wut am i?hmmm....i stand 5 feet 5 inches tall n im not particulrly heavily built. im not very pretty but i dun think i giv people nitemares either! so...now my physical appearance is out of d way, lets look at d intellect~...im not in d top ten of my class but then neither am i in d bottom ten??? so u think im a mediocre,...perhaps u r rite..but i wud like to think dat thr`s a lil more to me than dat.. (n i leave it to u to find out....)
now, let's move to my agenda..
i had my CL class last Friday..
alot of input has been taught by my CL lecturer, Sir Joe..
thanks sir..
in that particular lesson, i've learned the introduction of CL in details..
He also reminded us about the course aims.. on that day (friday), i had to present one of the activity..me and my partner had to present about the source. the text was taken from the CL Study Guide..same goes to the whole class..they had to present in pairs about each of the different tasks.
obviously, i had gained a lot of knowledges in how to approach a text critically. This means me, myself being able to put a frame around a piece of writing and recognise that it has been produced in a particular context. I've done reading 1.1 in depth. hopefully, i can score with this subject with flying colours..
i guess, that's all for now.. thanks for lending me your time in reading my blog..
firstly, i would like to introduce myself a little bit.. my name is Siti Nursyahirah binti Azmi..im in Decom 4D..actually, this blog is one of the requirement to pass in Critical Literacy subject..eventhough it is one of the academical needs but this blog isn't too formal..back to myself k..
of course i wud like to think dat im wonderful and naturally, i wud like others to see me as wonderful too. but i wud b kiddin myself and i certainly dun think anyone else wud b fooled very long. alrighty then....im not dat wonderful!~ so wut am i?hmmm....i stand 5 feet 5 inches tall n im not particulrly heavily built. im not very pretty but i dun think i giv people nitemares either! so...now my physical appearance is out of d way, lets look at d intellect~...im not in d top ten of my class but then neither am i in d bottom ten??? so u think im a mediocre,...perhaps u r rite..but i wud like to think dat thr`s a lil more to me than dat.. (n i leave it to u to find out....)
now, let's move to my agenda..
i had my CL class last Friday..
alot of input has been taught by my CL lecturer, Sir Joe..
thanks sir..
in that particular lesson, i've learned the introduction of CL in details..
He also reminded us about the course aims.. on that day (friday), i had to present one of the activity..me and my partner had to present about the source. the text was taken from the CL Study Guide..same goes to the whole class..they had to present in pairs about each of the different tasks.
obviously, i had gained a lot of knowledges in how to approach a text critically. This means me, myself being able to put a frame around a piece of writing and recognise that it has been produced in a particular context. I've done reading 1.1 in depth. hopefully, i can score with this subject with flying colours..
i guess, that's all for now.. thanks for lending me your time in reading my blog..
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